Issue regarding initializer_list

liemliem2 (3)
I recently tried using the new c++0x standard and I was wondering why the following code won't compile. 

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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <initializer_list>

std::vector<int> *createvec(std::initializer_list<int> il){
	std::vector<int> *pv = new std::vector<int>(il); // initialized the 
//vector through the initializer list il
	return pv;
}

void printvec(std::vector<int> *p){
	for(auto it = p->begin(); it != p->end(); ++it){
		std::cout<<*it<<std::endl;		
	}
	delete p;
}

int main(){
	
	std::vector<int> *thepointer = createvec({3,5,8,2});
	printvec(thepointer);
	thepointer = nullptr;
	return 0;
}


However when I removed the initializer_list argument and inserted the values manually within the function, the code works fine. 

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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

std::vector<int> *createvec(){
	std::vector<int> *pv = new std::vector<int>({4,3,7,1}); // manual insertion
	return pv;
}

void printvec(std::vector<int> *p){
	for(auto it = p->begin(); it != p->end(); ++it){
		std::cout<<*it<<std::endl;		
	}
	delete p;
}

int main(){
	
	std::vector<int> *thepointer = createvec();
	printvec(thepointer);
	thepointer = nullptr;
	return 0;
}


Any ideas as to why this is the case?
Catfish4 (666)
My suggestion is: update your compiler.

Your first source code compiles without problems with Visual Studio 2013.
It also compiles fine on with modern GCC:
http://ideone.com/eXQvmw

Also, C++0x has since evolved into C++11.
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